I am grateful...

for a memory right now...I needed it badly. Situations arise that you affect in a positive way and some that you have no control over. Earlier tonight was a night in which I had no influence whatsoever.

I fight tears and a pain in my chest as i am so adamantly opposed to the action. You hear right-to-life and choice in conflict in the news...opinions vary widely on both sides from passionate to indifferent.

No matter where you stand on the issue, it really hits home when someone you personally know, or someone close to them they know, is facing such a decision.

My opinion earlier last evening had no bearing on the decision made. It was none of my business...the course of action is set and my heart aches for the child that will never see the light of day.

And so, I am grateful for a memory of long ago...where I had a hand in saving a life, of encouraging a young mother-to-be to follow a certain path and assuring her that she would not regret allowing the child growing within her a chance to shine. I'm desperately clinging to that memory and silently praying with a heavy heart for all the people who will never be.